The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Wednesday that five Oklahomans, including a Hughes County man, were sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in violation of federal law.

Seminole State College has released the names of honor roll students for the 2025 spring semester. Three separate honor rolls recognize students for their academic achievements. This semester 424 students were named to either the President’s, Vice President’s or Part-Time Student’s Honor Rolls.

Lewis Gizzard often wrote about growing up in a little Methodist church in Georgia and how precious it was to him in his childhood. Once, he said they had a couple of rowdy brothers in town who were the town juvenile offenders. They started coming to the youth group at the church. On the first night they went, they beat up two fifth graders and threw a hymnal at the lady who was the youth leader. She ducked just in time. She looked them squarely in their devilish eyes. She said, soft as an angel: “I don’t approve of what you boys did here tonight and neither does Jesus. But if he can forgive you, I guess I’ll have to.” She handed them a plate of cookies. Grizzard said: “And the last I heard—both those boys grew up and they’re daddies now with steady jobs and they rarely miss a Sunday at church. That was the first miracle I ever saw.” Miracles happen in places of love, acceptance and forgiveness.

By John Bill Martin Staff Writer 1. The federal government, in its infinite wisdom, has “Tomahawk” cruise missiles, “Apache”, “Blackhawk”, “Kiowa” and “Lakota” helicopters and the code name “Geronimo” was used in the attack that killed Osama bin Laden, officially objects to the name of the Washington Redskins football team.

Long-time Wewoka resident Patsy Cook passed away Thursday, June 5, 2025 in Edmond, OK after a brief illness. She was born May 11, 1939, in Holdenville, OK to Sylvester Barbee (S.B.) Taylor and Goldie Beatrice (Robertson) Taylor, the second of their two children.

James Kenneth Anson, Seminole, OK resident, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 in Oklahoma City at the age of 63. James was born on July 3, 1961 in Holdenville to Woodrow Thomas Anson Jr. and Mary Beatrice (Roberts) Anson. He attended both OU and Seminole State College and graduated with his associates degree. He worked at Feed Store restaurant and was a manager at KFC He worked as a meat cutter at Save-A-Lot grocery in Seminole.

Wayne Lee ‘Corky’ Crittenden was born December 9, 1941, in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Floye Crittenden and Geneva (Dodd) Crittenden. He left this life on June 1, 2025, in Wewoka, Oklahoma at the age of 83.

Jerrie, a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church, has been a member of United Women in Faith (formerly United Methodist Women) since age 19 while attending college at Oklahoma University. She has served as a leader of UWFaith in many offices and levels of the organization, from local to national. After completing her degree in Medical Technology at The University of Oklahoma, she worked in the laboratory of the hospital in Broken Arrow, OK for five years before she and her husband began their family. During the years of raising her family she lived in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.

William Charles Maylen age 94, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2025 in Hol den v i l le, Oklahoma. He was born March 9, 1931 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Eddie Maylen and Nancy (Tiger) Clark. He married Peggy Sallee on July 2, 1959.

George “Randy” Randall Evans passed away Friday, May 23, 2025, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 69.